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February 15, 2024

Joyce Lazarus speaks to BOLLI member-leaders about Executive Director Avi Bernstein and his impact on BOLLI.

BOLLI members at the Boston Opera House.

February 8, 2024

Mark Seliber writes about his experience on the excursions led by the Arts and Culture Special Interest Group (SIG).

Lifelong Learning in a Secular Age

Essays on the transformational power of BOLLI learning, written by BOLLI lecturers and fellows.

Illustration of Henry James by John Singer Sargent

January 26, 2024

Sam Gee is a doctoral candidate in the University of Chicago’s Committee on Social Thought, where he studies American intellectual history and literature. This essay is based on Sam’s experience leading “The Madness of Art: The Short Stories of Henry James” at BOLLI in Fall 2023.

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September 30, 2022

James Heazlewood-Dale is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Musicology at Brandeis and a BOLLI Lecturer. This essay is based on James’ experience leading “John Williams: The Maestro of the Cinema” at BOLLI in Spring and Fall 2022.